Otoboke Beaver on Tour
Punk rock is alive and well as proven by the Otoboke Beaver-- an all-female four-piece Japanese punk/garage rock band from Kyoto. Following the release of their 2022 album, Super Champon, Otoboke Beaver are touring across Japan and North America on their 21-stop SUPER CHAMPON Tour in 2022. This will be their first tour since 2019 and their first tour in North America. The band consists of Accorinrin on lead vocal and guitar, Yoyoyoshie on guitar and vocals, Hiro-chan on bass and vocals, and Kahokiss on drums and vocals. The nonstop vocals, relentless guitar and head-banging beats are the perfect mashup for an exhilarating live performance. The band's first breakthrough came in 2016 when they released Okoshiyasu!! Otoboke Beaver, a compilation album released under the Damnably label. The following year the band was was earning praise from major outlets like Pitchfork, NPR and The Fader. In 2017, the group also made their debut performances at South by Southwest, Fuji Rock Festival and a sold-out show in London's world-renowned 100 Club. Otoboke Beaver released their second album, Itekoma Hits, in 2019, receiving acclaim from Pitchfork, Stereogum, Nylon, and BrooklynVegan.
Otoboke Beaver Live in Concert
Octoboke Beaver formed at Kyoto University's music club in Japan. Perhaps relating to their anti-establishment punk-rock personas, the group was named after a local "Love Hotel." In 2017, the group's song "Love Is Short" was on the top music charts in the UK for four weeks. In 2018 the band toured across the United Kingdom on their ATTYUUMA tour, as well as performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Octoboke Beaver have also performed at the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands and the Koyabu Sonic Festival in Japan. The group created the opening theme for "Susumu Inomata & 8 Mojo," a Japanese comedy series. With more than 91,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and songs such as "S'il vous plait," "Don't Light My Fire" and "datsu . hikage no onna" all with more than 1.5 million streams, there seems to be no slowing down for this unstoppable punk-rock group.
